What is the meaning of Hock?

A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still, from the Hochheim region; often applied to all Rhenish wines.

The tarsal joint of a digitigrade quadruped, such as a horse, pig or dog.

Meat from that part of a food animal.

The hollow behind the knee.

To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough.

To leave with a pawnbroker as security for a loan.

Pawn, obligation as collateral for a loan.

To bother; to pester; to annoy incessantly.

Alternative form of hawk (“cough, clear one's throat of phlegm”)

Alternative form of hawk (“cough”)

The last card turned up in the game of faro.

Source: wiktionary.org

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